Table A-1.  Number and percentage of responding academic libraries, by level, control of institution, and item: 2008  Continued (Return to Table A-1.)

		Less than 4-year			Public			Private
		Total re- sponding	Percent		Total re- sponding	Percent		Total re- sponding
									Percent
All institutions		1,434	100.0		1,576	100.0		2,251	100.0
Responding libraries		1,234	86.1		1,504	95.4		1,814	80.6
Part B-Library staff
Number of FTEs
Librarians		1,224	85.4		1,502	95.3		1,799	79.9
Other professional staff		1,222	85.2		1,501	95.2		1,797	79.8
Total librarians and
other professional staff		1,222	85.2		1,501	95.2		1,797	79.8
All other paid staff		1,220	85.1		1,501	95.2		1,792	79.6
Student assistants		1,220	85.1		1,497	95.0		1,792	79.6
Total FTE staff		1,216	84.8		1,496	94.9		1,787	79.4
Salaries and Wages
Total librarians and
other professional staff		1,153	80.4		1,462	92.8		1,665	74.0
All other paid staff		1,193	83.2		1,471	93.3		1,741	77.3
Student assistants		1,142	79.6		1,431	90.8		1,691	75.1
Total salaries and wages		1,111	77.5		1,424	90.4		1,643	73.0
Employee fringe benefits		1,208	84.2		1,486	94.3		1,759	78.1
Part C-Library expenditures
Total salaries and wages		1,111	77.5		1,424	90.4		1,643	73.0
Information resources:
Books, serial backfiles, and
other materials		1,148	80.1		1,470	93.3		1,669	74.1
Electronic		996	69.5		1,326	84.1		1,423	63.2
Audiovisual		1,085	75.7		1,376	87.3		1,530	68.0
Current serials		1,148	80.1		1,465	93.0		1,677	74.5
Electronic serials		1,014	70.7		1,381	87.6		1,464	65.0
Other information resources:
Document delivery/interlibrary loan		1,147	80.0		1,463	92.8		1,676	74.5
Preservation		1,150	80.2		1,463	92.8		1,676	74.5
Other expenditures for
information resources		1,144	79.8		1,459	92.6		1,665	74.0
Operating expenditures
Computer hardware and software		1,148	80.1		1,466	93.0		1,671	74.2
Bibliographic utilities, networks,
and consortia		1,144	79.8		1,463	92.8		1,672	74.3
All other operating expenditures		1,144	79.8		1,463	92.8		1,667	74.1
Total expenditures		1,070	74.6		1,407	89.3		1,568	69.7
Part D-Library collections
Library collection entirely electronic		1,171	81.7		1,472	93.4		1,720	76.4
Books, serial backfiles, and other
paper materials, added		1,113	77.6		1,445	91.7		1,624	72.1
Books, serial backfiles, and other
paper materials, EOFY		1,119	78.0		1,454	92.3		1,632	72.5
E-Books, added		1,046	72.9		1,401	88.9		1,510	67.1
E-Books, EOFY		1,023	71.3		1,398	88.7		1,496	66.5
Microforms, added		1,029	71.8		1,397	88.6		1,494	66.4
Microforms, EOFY		1,023	71.3		1,411	89.5		1,493	66.3
Audiovisual materials, added		1,099	76.6		1,428	90.6		1,596	70.9
Audiovisual materials, EOFY		1,078	75.2		1,427	90.5		1,579	70.1
Current serial subscriptions, added		1,095	76.4		1,406	89.2		1,582	70.3
Current serial subscriptions, EOFY		1,107	77.2		1,445	91.7		1,614	71.7
Electronic reference sources, added		1,034	72.1		1,363	86.5		1,477	65.6
Electronic reference sources, EOFY		1,055	73.6		1,394	88.5		1,536	68.2
Part E-Library services
Interlibrary loans provided
Returnable		1,100	76.7		1,429	90.7		1,582	70.3
Non-returnable		1,100	76.7		1,429	90.7		1,582	70.3
Total provided		1,107	77.2		1,447	91.8		1,603	71.2
Interlibrary loans received
Returnable		1,104	77.0		1,431	90.8		1,591	70.7
Non-returnable		1,104	77.0		1,432	90.9		1,591	70.7
Documents delivered from
commercial services		1,110	77.4		1,448	91.9		1,611	71.6
Total received		1,106	77.1		1,437	91.2		1,596	70.9
General circulation transactions		1,112	77.5		1,453	92.2		1,626	72.2
Reserve circulation transactions		1,082	75.5		1,424	90.4		1,543	68.5
Number of presentations		1,119	78.0		1,456	92.4		1,624	72.1
Total attendance at all presentations		1,115	77.8		1,449	91.9		1,602	71.2
Part F-Library services, typical week
Hours open, typical week		1,146	79.9		1,461	92.7		1,683	74.8
Gate count, typical week		1,106	77.1		1,411	89.5		1,605	71.3
Reference transactions, typical week		1,141	79.6		1,458	92.5		1,671	74.2
Part G-Electronics services
Library services provided:
Documents digitized by
library staff		1,164	81.2		1,465	93.0		1,709	75.9
Library reference service by
e-mail or Web		1,164	81.2		1,465	93.0		1,712	76.1
Technology to assist patrons
with disabilities		1,162	81.0		1,464	92.9		1,709	75.9
Electronic theses and dissertations
produced by students		1,163	81.1		1,464	92.9		1,710	76.0
Part H-Information Literacy
Definition of information literacy or of
an information literate student		1,157	80.7		1,463	92.8		1,696	75.3
Incorporated information literacy into
the institution's mission		1,156	80.6		1,463	92.8		1,694	75.3
Incorporated information literacy into
the institution's strategic plan		1,156	80.6		1,463	92.8		1,691	75.1
Institution-wide committee to implement
the strategic plan for information
literacy		1,154	80.5		1,461	92.7		1,689	75.0
The strategic plan formally recognizes
the library's role in information
literacy instruction		1,113	83.4		1,438	91.6		1,667	81.4
NOTE: EOFY = Held at end of fiscal year.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey, 2008.